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Friday, October 31, 2008

Street art

Have giants taken over Paris while I was away?! No, it's only a few pieces of the work that sculptor Rabarama from Italy is currently showing in the 5th arrondissement on the occasion of La Fiac, the international modern art fair that takes place every year in Paris.I came across one of them on Place du Pantheon while I was struggling with the current terrible winter weather that I reconnected with, today ;)

Now you get to decorate the crown with whatever you'd like - there may still be some bits of tapas left on it from the other night when I had it!

I'll do my art interpretation thing by saying that it appears to me to be a comment on the great weight that today's communications places on we malleable humans, ultimately vulnerable as we walk through a world we've created and can't escape, in all these corporal stimulus intake machines we call selves, and left with the imprint, literally, of all that information (& blah, blah, blah). 8 } (Sorry -- I've read one too many of that sort of thing!)

& yeah - what's up with this weather! I'd heard (read: "was counting on") that there was some sort of climate crisis going on. But, nooooo, I mean, harrumph, winter in November?! What are They thinking? And why are They thinking it as my vacation rolls around?

Pretty good, Carrie. And why not? Art happens between the artwork and the viewer, in that point where something is communicated to you. Your interpretation may not be the same as someone else's, yet they'll both be right.

What better gallery, eh? I don't think the artist could ask for a more dramatic place to show his/her work.

Yeah, a little bird told me it was *really* cold in Paris right now. The weather has turned in San Francisco, too. As of 2 days ago, we have officially entered Fall (no, no mistake) and today we even got a couple of rain drops for the first time in ages!

I really like this, but think it must be something in person to see. Larger than life "human" sculptures always impress me more than scaled down versions, and this one seems to have an interesting story written all over it!

hi! here we will have sunshine and 28 celsius for the weekend..ah! it´s great to live in the south european countries...:-)). It´s very nice to see the daily life, people through your eyes. Your blog is in my favorites! thanks

Oh, my first thought was an escape from a Scrabble board!! The grids and the letters, the depair that he couldn't come up with a word with the letters he had, and the frustration he seems to feel.

Isn't it fun how interpreting art can be so personal and you can either totally get what the artist is saying or be totally off base? (probably where I am! :) Oh well, it is interesting to explore nonetheless. Thanks, Eric!

I have to mention that when I sign on there are scrambled sort of passwords that I love - like inglythips and musheta recently -- aren't those great??! I'd love to use them, like borrowed borogroves, in musically descriptive sentences.

Oh, Rose, helas -- I come not to fair Albion! So, I won't be able to meet you - which I'd love to do. I've never been to England, more's the pity for me. I'll be in Paris the whole time. Right now, the farthest I think I'll get is Versailles. If ever I'm able to visit London, though, I'll let you know and we can paint the town red!

A cabbie picks up a Nun. She gets into cab, and notices that VERY handsome cab driver won't stop staring at her.She asks him why he is staring. He replies: 'I have a question to ask, but I don't want to offend you.'She answers, ' My son, you cannot offend me. When you're as old as I am and have been a nun as long as I have, you get a chance to see and hear just about everything. I'm sure that there's nothing you could say or ask that I would find offensive.''Well, I've always had a fantasy to have a nun kiss me.'She responds, 'Well, let's see what we can do about that: #1, you have to be single and #2, you must be Catholic.'The cab driver is very excited and says, 'Yes, I'm single and Catholic!''OK' nun says. 'Pull into next alley.'The nun fulfills his fantasy with a kiss that would make a hooker blush.But when they get back on the road, the cab driver starts crying.'My dear child,' said the nun, 'Why are you crying?''Forgive me but I've sinned. I lied and I must confess; I'm married and I'm Jewish.'The nun says, 'That's OK. My name is Kevin and I'm going to a Halloween party.'

Tres, tres amusant, Michel! Merci!Ever seen the very amusing movie, Kinky Boots? Check it out one and all. Not a Halloween flick, but lots of crossdressing fun - with the (IMHO)great actor Chiewetel Etiofor. (I was going to spell it flic but then realized I cause myself probs in French -- Kevin would have to be a vice cop, too!)